"Nisei" are the second-generation Japanese Americans who founded the annual festival in 1934 to attract business to the Little Tokyo area and promote goodwill in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron poses with Japanese American women at a Neisi festival in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
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Ethnic festivals People Culture Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) Events Japanese American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles Japanese Americans Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968
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